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Notes on e/acc principles and tenets

Foundational notes articulating the core principles and philosophical tenets of effective accelerationism (e/acc), a techno-optimist movement emphasizing technological progress and market-driven innovation.

Type
essay
Year
2022
By
Guillaume Verdon et al.

A foundational text outlining the core philosophical and practical principles of effective accelerationism (e/acc), a techno-optimist movement that emerged in the early 2020s. The work articulates e/acc's core tenets: embrace of technological progress as inherently good, skepticism of precautionary regulation, faith in market-driven innovation, and rejection of degrowth or techno-pessimism. The notes serve as a manifesto-like statement of the movement's worldview, emphasizing that acceleration of technological and economic systems produces net positive outcomes for humanity.

Last updated 31 August 2026